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Parliament House At Dusk, Canberra ACT Source: Thennicke https://bit.ly/2ZsyTT3

15 October: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

By Isabella Keith
15 October 2021

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Australia is "heading to the Moon," G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Meeting on Afghanistan, the annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting, and more.
A helicopter attached to Chinese Navy ship multirole frigate Hengshui (572) participates in a maritime interdiction event with the Chinese Navy guided-missile destroyer Xi’an (153) during Rim of the Pacific. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Chinese navy photo by Sun Hongjie)

“Permissible” Chinese Military Spending, AUKUS, and the Security Dilemma

By Professor James Laurenceson and Associate Professor Chengxin Pan
15 October 2021

The view that AUKUS is a justified response to China's actions ignores China’s achievements and future ambitions. It also ignores China’s legitimate security fears.
US Mulls Forming Permanent Naval Base In The Indo-Pacific To Counter China – Reports https://eurasiantimes.com/us-uk-australias-newly-formed-ausuk-alliance-only-aims-to-choke-china-at-sea-analysis/

A Geoeconomic Alliance

By Dr Stephen Kirchner
14 October 2021

China has increasingly engaged in coercive economic behaviour on an international scale. Australia and its allies will need to unite to coordinate a strong geoeconomic response.

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